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In 2023 and 2024, the EU and UK showed overall growth in warm-water shrimp imports from the beginning of spring until November, followed by a winter demand slowdown. The U.S. followed the same pattern, but the uptick in imports occured in October. Chinese imports also rose this season, but the turning point is situated towards December or January, depending on when the Chinese New Year falls on the calendar...

The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) released a bulletin urging commercial lobstermen to move their gear from Jeffreys Ledge after 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted last week just off the western edge of the area, per a January 17 bulletin.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing fishermen and their boat at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the agency.

European Commission Releases New ‘Fishers of the Future’ Study, Projects Fish Sector Changes in 2050 Seafood News

Cold and seemingly devoid of life, muddy seabeds have largely been ignored as Canada moves to double its share of oceans under protection to 30% of its exclusive economic zone by the end of the decade. But according to a new study published in the journal FACETS, those assumptions are wildly off base.

Teamsters said on Sunday its members at U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale voted in favor of a nationwide strike, as they entered a final round of talks to reach a new contract ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline. The union, which represents more than 18,000 workers at Costco, said 85% of its members voted to authorize a strike.

Beijing banned Japanese seafood imports in 2023 following a row over the release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant China may be a step closer to reopening its doors to Japanese seafood imports after Beijing signalled it was keen to strengthen trade in food and agricultural products.

A recently launched ministry in Hawaii is bringing the Church to fishermen and other seafarers whose long hours and remote work renders them an “invisible part of the body of Christ.”

Today, Quin-Sea Fisheries withdrew its membership from the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), effective immediately. Previous friction between Quin-Sea and ASP

Last month, I wrote about a worst-case scenario for U.S. seafood if major tariffs are imposed on Canadian lobster and crab. The interdependence of production and consumption in these two countries is so entwined that any dramatic action could be hugely disruptive.